The Popcornhead Podcast

This week we are looking at David Lynch’s Blue Velvet!

Blue Velvet is a film that’s hard to categorise in the traditional sense. There are various elements going on when you look at it from mystery, N…

This week we’re looking at Wes Craven’s Scream.

Scream had an enormous impact on the horror genre and helped shape what horror cinema would become since its release in 1996.

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This week we’re doing our 2nd Popcornhead Special, taking a look at some of the most iconic soundtracks from the 90’s, from hit singles, to original scores and songs, to bangin soundtracks.

We’ll be t…

In this weeks episode we’re looking at Wim Wender’s Perfect Days.

The film follows Hirayama, a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose tranquil and peaceful life of isolation becomes gradually invaded by…

We’ve done it Cornheads, a quarter century of episodes!

To celebrate this momentous occasion this week we are looking at the monumental Chinatown, directed by the controversial Roman Polanski, with on…

In this weeks episode, we’re looking at Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy. 

We also explore the myth behind this realist adaptation of The Iliad, Odysseus not liking his wife, Paris being a massive simp, and s…

In this episode, we explore director Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.

We also uncover the three terrifying real-life figures who inspired Ted Levin…

This week we are looking at Thomas Vinterberg's psychological drama, The Hunt.

We also talk witch hunts, conspiracy theories, satanism, among other weird stuff!

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This week continues our exploration of John Ford's The Searchers.

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A chilling dramatisation of the hunt for a serial killer under an incompetent military dictatorship in 1980s South Korea. 

Bong Joon Ho's directorial masterclass Memories of Murder showcases the perso…

I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.

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Here it is Cornheads! The final episode of the year and season 3.

This week we’re looking at not only The Muppets Christmas Carol, but we’re also looking at the legendary Charles Dickens, and his orig…

This week we’re looking at Richard Linklater’s School of Rock!

Dewey Finn, an enthusiastic and somewhat obnoxious guitar player gets kicked out of his band. In his struggle to pay the rent, he ends up…

In this weeks episode we’re looking at David Fincher’s Se7en.

The film follows Detectives Mills and Somerset, who become embroiled in a case involving a serial killer driven by the seven deadly sins.

W…

This week we’re looking at Edward Zwick’s Glory, which follows the true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army’s first African-American regiments during the American…

This week we’re doing a spoiler free review of Fede Álvarez’s Alien Romulus.

We look at the Alien franchise, the use of practical effects in film, and give our overall impressions. We also touch on th…

In this weeks episode we’re looking at Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.

The film follows Rick Dalton, a walking piece of nostalgia, struggling with the changes in his ac…

In this weeks episode, we’re looking at Alexander Payne’s Sideways. A film that follows two pathetic, middle aged friends as they navigate wine country in Santa Barbara.

We also had ourselves a little…

In our first Popcornhead Special, we each pitch our own idea for an Oscar-Bait film, a film made solely for the purpose of trying to win Academy Awards. 

Expect NHS heroes, Canadian blunders, and out-…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…

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